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Special Report: "Poisoned Places: Toxic Air, Neglected Communities"

A special joint investigation by National Public Radio, the Center for Public Integrity's iWatch News, the Investigative News Network, and others shows that hundreds of U.S. facilities have been violating their Clean Air Act permits for years without running into federal or state enforcement. In many cases, the pollution has made people sick, and sometimes local communities have taken up the job that federal and state agencies have failed at.

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Source: iWatch/NPR/INN, 11/17/2011

"Obama's New Fuel Economy Standards Require 49.6 mpg by 2025"

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation [Wednesday]formally unveiled their joint proposal to set stronger fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards for model year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light trucks."

Source: ENS, 11/17/2011

"Land In Parts of Japan 'Too Radioactive To Farm'"

"A team of international researchers said food production would likely be "severely impaired" by the elevated levels of caesium found in soil samples across eastern Fukushima in the wake of meltdowns at the tsunami-hit plant."

Source: London Telegraph, 11/16/2011

"Prosecutors Aim To Revoke BP Probation"

"BP, the biggest oil field operator on Alaska's North Slope, has failed to fix pervasive management and environmental safety problems and is a repeat environmental offender, federal prosecutors said in a new court filing this week."

Source: Anchorage Daily News, 11/16/2011

"Ban Ki-Moon Calls for Climate Fund To Be Finalised at Durban"

"The global economic crisis is no excuse for countries to delay an international fund to help countries combat the effects of climate change, UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has said."

Source: Business Green, 11/16/2011

"E.U. Plans Probe Of U.S. Bioethanol Subsidies: Diplomats"

"The European Union's trade authority plans to start an investigation into whether U.S. bioethanol exporters are receiving unfair state subsidies and selling their fuel to Europe at illegally low prices, diplomats said on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters, 11/16/2011

"Energy License Fines Fuel Industry Ire"

"Shell Oil, ExxonMobil and Morgan Stanley are among the major oil and financial companies potentially on the hook for millions of dollars in civil fines tied to fraudulent renewable fuel credits — and that could be the tip of the iceberg."

Source: Politico, 11/16/2011

Canada's Drinking Water Still at Risk But Threats Have Shifted: Report

"TORONTO -- More than a decade after the Walkerton disaster, much of Canada's tap water remains at risk from contamination despite initial progress in front-line monitoring and treatment, a new report concludes."

Source: Canadian Press, 11/16/2011

"BP Loses 2 Big Gulf Oil Spill Rulings"

"NEW ORLEANS -- BP has lost two big rulings in its fight to shield itself from potentially having to pay billions of dollars more in damages related to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history."

Source: AP, 11/16/2011

"New Lobby Group Puts Muscle Behind Fracking in N.Y. Debate"

"A new lobbying group has formed in Albany, N.Y., to argue on behalf of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas at the state level, in what may signal the start of open support from labor unions for the controversial drilling practice."

Source: Greenwire, 11/16/2011

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